[Interaction of EcoRII restriction and modification enzymes with synthetic DNA fragments. Determination of the size of EcoRII binding site]. / Vzaimodeistvie fermentov restriktsii i modifikatsii EcoRII s sinteticheskimi fragmentami DNK. XI. Opredelenie velichiny mesta posadki éndonukleazy EcoRII na substrat.

EcoRII restriction endonuclease binding site has been determined on the basis of comparison of the binding parameters of the enzyme with synthetic DNA-duplexes of concatemer type containing a different number of EcoRII recognition sites. It has been shown that it consists of 21 +/- 1 base pairs.

[UV- and CD-spectra of restriction endonuclease EcoRII and DNA-methylase EcoRII]. / UF- i KD-spektry restriktsionnoi éndonukleazy EcoRII i DNK-metilazy EcoRII.

UV- and CD-spectra of homogeneous enzymes have been measured. Extinction coefficients estimated from the UV-spectra are 0.97 for restriction endonuclease EcoRII at 279.5 nm and 1.17 for DNA-methylase EcoRII at 279 nm. As it follows from the CD spectra, both enzymes have a well developed tertiary structure and a highly ordered secondary structure, which consists of 22% alpha-helices, 64% beta-structure and 9% bends for REcoRII and of 44% alpha-helices, 48% beta-structure and 4% bends for MEcoRII. Restriction endonuclease denatures at 50 degrees C, while DNA-methylase denatures at 45 degrees C, with partial reversibility upon cooling.

[Isolation, purification and properties of restrictase and methylase BstN1 from Bacillus stearothermophilus]. / Vydelenie, ochistka i nekotorye svoistva restriktazy i metilazy BstN1 iz Bacillus stearothermophilus.

Restriction-methylation enzymes BstN1 from Bacillus stearothermophilus were isolated and purified. These enzymes are related to a new class of restriction-methylation enzymes of the second type, whose modifying component is N4-cytosine-DNA-methylase. Both enzymes recognize the DNA sequence CC(A/T)GG. Restrictase BstN1 is a protein made up of one subunit with a molecular mass of 25 kDa. The molecular mass of native DNA-methylase BstN1 is about 55 kDa. The temperature optima for restrictase and methylase BstN1 are around 60 degrees C. Possible uses of BstN1 restriction-methylation enzymes for the analysis of cytosine methylation in bacterial and higher plant DNA are discussed.

[Purification of restriction endonuclease EcoRII using monoclonal antibodies]. / Ochistka restriltsionnoi éndonukleazy EcoRII s ispol'zovaniem monoklonal'nykh antitel.

Monoclonal antibodies against EcoRII endonuclease were obtained after immunization of two BALB/c mice with a homogeneous enzyme prepared by conventional methods. IgG from ascitic fluid was purified and coupled to CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B to give a specific column used to isolate EcoRII endonuclease. The isolated EcoRII endonuclease produced a single band during SDS gel electrophoresis.

[Interaction of restriction and modification enzyme EcoRII with synthetic DNA fragments. VII. The study of complex-formation of endonuclease EcoRII with substrates containing natural and modified recognition sites]. / Vzaimodeistvie fermentov restriktsii i mofifikatsii EcoRII s sinteticheskimi fragmentami DNK. VII. Izuchenie kompleksoobrazovaniia éndonukleazy EcoRII s substratami, soderzhashchimi prirodnye i modifitsirovannye uchastki uznavaniia.

As shown by a nitrocellulose filter binding assay, in the absence of Mg2+ EcoRII restriction endonuclease binds specifically to a set of synthetic concatemer DNA duplexes of varying chain length, containing natural and modified recognition sites of this enzyme. The binding of the substrates with the central AT, TT or AA-pair in the recognition site decreases at AT greater than TT much greater than AA. Substitution of the pyrophosphate bond at the cleavage site for the phosphodiester or phosphoramide bond produces little influence on the stability of the complexes. The affinity of the enzyme for nonspecific sites is two orders of magnitude less than that for the specific EcoRII sequences. Equilibrium association constant for a substrate with one recognition site is 3.9 X 10(8) M-1. Addition of Mg2+ leads to the destabilization of the EcoRII endonuclease complex with DNA duplex, containing pyrophosphate bonds. The dissociation rate constants and the lifetime of the EcoRII endonuclease--synthetic substrates complexes have been determined.

Interaction of EcoRII restriction and modification enzymes with synthetic DNA fragments. VI. The binding and cleavage of substrates containing nucleotide analogs.

The present study deals with the binding and cleavage by EcoRII endonuclease of concatemer DNA duplexes containing EcoRII recognition sites (formula; see text) in which dT is replaced by dU or 5-bromodeoxyuridine, or 5'-terminal dC in the dT-containing strand is methylated at position 5. The enzyme molecule is found to interact with the methyl group of the dT residue of the DNA recognition site and to be at least in proximity to the H5 atom of the 5'-terminal dC residue in dT-containing strand of this site. Modification of any of these positions exerts an equal effects on the cleavage of both DNA strands. Endonuclease EcoRII was found to bind the substrate specifically. At the same time modification of the bases in recognized sequence may result in the formation of unproductive, though stable, enzyme-substrate complexes.

[Isolation, purification and properties of restriction endonuclease EcoRII]. / Vydelenie, ochistka i kharakteristika restriktsionnoiéndonukleazy EcoRII.

The restriction endonuclease Eco RII was isolated and purified to homogeneity. The isolation procedure involved the use of the E. coli strain B834/pSK323, containing the recombinant plasmide pSK323 which provides for the oversynthesis of Eco RII enzymes. Data from gel filtration and Na-DS electrophoresis suggest that the restriction endonuclease Eco RII is a protein made up of two subunits, each with molecular weight of 44 000.

Overproduction of the EcoRII endonuclease and methylase by Escherichia coli strains carrying recombinant plasmids constructed in vitro.

Recombinant DNA molecules were constructed from the plasmid pIL203 and the EcoRI-fragment of N3 plasmid containing EcoRII endonuclease and methylase genes and also a gene for resistance to sulfanilamide. The pIL203 plasmid, used as a vector, consisted of the Bam HI-EcoRI-fragment of the plasmid pBR322 conferring resistance to ampicillin and the Bam HI-EcoRI-fragment of lambda phage containing promoters, a thermosensitive mutation in the cI gene and a suppressible amber mutation in the cro gene. Ampicillin-sulfanilamide-resistant clones were selected and tested for their restriction and modification phenotype. The recombinant plasmid DNA, isolated from ApRSuR-resistant clones, which restricted and modified phage lambda imm21 with EcoRII specificity, had the EcoRI-fragment with EcoRII genes in a single orientation. The recombinant plasmid pSK323 was transferred into E. coli strains with su-, su1, su2 or su3 phenotypes. The synthesis of products of EcoRII genes by these strains grown at 37 degrees C is increased by 10--50-fold.

Molecular cloning of EcoRII endonuclease and methylase genes.

The genes for restriction-modification system EcoRII have been cloned from plasmid N3 DNA using RSF2124 as a vector plasmid. The hybrid plasmids designated pFK321 and pFK322 contained a 5.8 megadaltons EcoRI--fragment derived from N3 DNA including the genes for restriction-modification system EcoRII and a gene for resistance to sulfanilamide.

[Sensitivity of chromosomal and plasmid E. coli DNA to restriction endonuclease Eco RII]. / Chuvstvitel'nost' khromosomnykh i plazmidnykh DNK shtammov E. coli k restriktsionnoi endonykleaze Eco RII.

It was shown that E. coli C, E. coli MRE 600 DNA, and also plasmid DNA of Col E1, RSF 2124 from E. coli K-12, and plasmid DNA from E. coli MRE 600 were completely resistant against restriction endonuclease R. Eco RII. Plasmid DNAs of Col E1, RSF 2124 amplificated for 4 hours in the presence of chloramphenicol are sensitive to R. Eco RII but after 16-hour amplification in the presence of chloramphenicol these DNAs acquire complete resistance against R. Eco RII. These data point to the slower rate of modification of DNA in vivo by DC-methylases of Eco RII type in comparison with DNA methylase Eco RII.